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turnout.”
    “ Has anyone booked our
hotel rooms yet?” Dimitrius asked.
    “ I had my assistant book
rooms for all of us,” Dante told him.
    “ Perfect,” Dimitrius
said.
    “ And how long are we
staying?” Desmond inquired.
    “ Just the three
nights…Friday, Saturday and Sunday,” Dante said. “Sunday is our
chill day and then Monday morning, we’ll fly back.”
    “ Alright.” Desmond closed
his notebook. “Sounds like a plan, bro.” He stood up.
    Dimitrius joined
him.
    “ Hey, Dimitrius, can you
hang back for a second?” Dante asked.
    “ Sure.”
    “ See y’all later,” Desmond
said. “I’m taking an early lunch today.”
    “ Alright, Des,” Dante told
him.
    Dimitrius walked over to
close the door after Desmond had left. Then turning to look at
Dante, he asked, “What’s up?”
    “ Everything good with you
and Melanie?”
    “ It is what it is,”
Dimitrius said nonchalantly. “We had a nice dinner last
night.”
    “ I saw the way you grimaced
when Desmond mentioned he was going to call her. You actually
looked like you were a little peeved. That’s why I told him that I
would have my assistant call Melanie to tell her about the job, but
I’m not really going to do that. I’m going to leave that up to you.
So when you see her today, and I have a hunch that you will, you
can give her the good news yourself.”
    Dimitrius grinned. “I swear
I feel like you have some sort of tracking device on me and
Des.”
    Dante chuckled. “I just
know my brothers. I’m older, so therefore, I’m wiser.”
    “ Well, I’m pretty sure you
and Emily are occupied enough…no need for you to be all up into my
personal happenings.”
    “ I’m just excited for you,
bro. Our parents would have loved to see us settle down and have
children with good, classy women, don’t you think?”
    “ I’m sure they would have,”
Dimitrius responded. “At any rate, I’m going to get some more work
done before I take a lunch.”
    “ Alright man. See you
later.”
     

Chapter 11
     
     
    Melanie was all smiles when she signed for the dozen roses that
were delivered for her this morning. Without having to look at the
card, she already knew who they were from. And they weren’t the
dull, lifeless flimsy-looking roses that one could purchase from a
supermarket. The heads of these roses were large with dark red
blooms and long stems. And Dimitrius had left a note for her that
said: For my opposite.
    She smiled at the note
because she was his complete opposite, one of the reasons why he said they
would be good together. And when was the last time she received
roses from a man?
     
    * * *
     
    After checking in a few
customers, she was about to call Emily when she looked up and saw
Dimitrius walking into the hotel lobby. Her breath caught in her
throat at how handsome he was. He was dressed nice again today –
had on a tan suit, white shirt, a plaid tie that contained
variations of blue and brown leather shoes. And he had that
serious, stoic look on his face again.
    In an effort to get him to
smile, she said, “Good morning, Sir. Are you checking
in?”
    Her plan worked. His lips
curved to form a smile befitting for his handsome face as he
responded, “Only if you’re coming with me.”
    Melanie blushed, feeling
her face turn a shade of red. Seemed the temperature had shot up
ten degrees, even with the air-conditioning running. “Thank you for
the roses,” she told him.
    “ What roses?” he asked
frowning, watching as a look of confusion washed over her. “I’m
kidding, Melanie.”
    “ Oh,” she said, placing a
hand over her heart. “You looked so serious…”
    “ I always look serious,
apparently…that’s something I need you to help me change about
myself since you love to laugh.”
    She smiled. “So, what are
you doing here? You Champions don’t have a summit planned for
today.”
    “ I’m here to take you to
lunch.”
    “ And what if I told you
I’ve already eaten?” she asked, noticing that